Author: Kanayan Tamar

FILM ABOUT ARMENIAN GENOCIDE SHOWN IN IRAN

11:45 am | Today | Politics

Manoto 1, a Persian-language TV channel, showed on Sunday evening
prominent British historian Laurence Gardner’s documentary dedicated
to the Armenian Genocide.

The one-hour documentary was filmed in France in 2005 and was
translated into Persian with the help of the Iranian TV Company.

While local Armenians and Iranians hailed the presentation of the
film, Azerbaijanis criticized the move. Iranian Armenians requested
the channel to show it again on April 24.

For more details, you can read the Armenian version here

DAVUTOGLU APOLOGIZED TO IRAN FOR ERDOGAN’S STATEMENTS

Panorama.am
09/04/2012

Turkish FM Ahmet Davutoglu apologized to Iranians for Erdogan’s
offensive statements, Iranian news site “tabnak.ir” report says.

Ahmet Davutoglu had a telephone conversation with senior Iranian
statesmen, apologized for the offensive statements made by the PM
and offered to host Iran and 5+1 group meeting.

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton is quoted by “radiofarda.com”
as saying that an agreement has been reached that Istanbul will host
Iran and 5+1 group meeting on April 14.

Turkish PM offered to host the group meeting while paying a visit to
Iran. However, after Istanbul hosted the meeting of Friends of Syria,
Tehran refused to accept the initiative.

ARMENIA TO ESTABLISH MAJOR INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES WITH SUPPORT OF DIASPORA – ARFD

news.am
April 09, 2012 | 13:55

YEREVAN. – Armenia may open industrial companies supported by the
Diaspora, parliament opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun MP Ara Nranyan
said on Monday presenting the party’s election program.

“We are elaborating a system of export and import credits, while
import in Armenia will depend on the export volumes. The key criteria
will become export from Armenia, protection of Armenian companies’
interests and increase of investments,” Nranyan said.

ARFD has elaborated an antimonopoly law for the small enterprises,
which will remove artificial obstacles to entering the market.

Favorable terms will be offered to the agriculture companies which
will be granted additional credits.

Regarding electricity and water supply tariffs, it should not be
raised in the next five years, and later it will be agreed with the
interests of the consumers. Gas price will also be studied. The party
also offers mechanisms of constructing over 5000-6000 apartments
co-financed by the government, business as well as citizens.

The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Dashnaktsutyun is one of
the oldest Armenian political parties.

Party’s proportional list includes 85 candidates. Eight candidates
will run for an MP seat with majority system. The party’s motto is
‘Freedom, Justice, Dashnaktsutyun.’

Georgia will no more cooperate with Russia within the frames of Open Sky Treaty

13:08 . 06/04

Georgia has ceased cooperation with Russia within the frames of Open
Sky Treaty, Georgian media write about this.

The treaty which was signed in 1992 and to which 34 states are
members, gives an opportunity to its members to collect information on
the military forces of one other through a program of unarmed aerial
surveillance flights over the entire territory of its participants.

Tbilisi motivates this step with the fact that Russia makes use of the
treaty clause according to which “the flight path of an observation
aircraft shall not be closer than… ten kilometres from the border
with an adjacent State that is not a State Party.”

Georgia says since 2010 Russia has attempted to make use of the treaty
to legalise the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

The government doesn’t implement the decision of the European Court of
Human Rights

16:02 . 07/04

The residents deprived of their flats during the construction of the
main avenue make an alarm that they were again cheated. According to
them, the government doesn’t implement the decision of the European
Court of Human Rights, which obliged to compensate the residents
accordingly, the property rights of whom were violated while
constructing the main avenue in Yerevan’s centre.

To recall, because of the construction more than 5000 residents of
Yerevan’s centre were obliged to leave their flats. Some of them
received compensation, but some, remaining dissatisfied with the
compensation and not receiving any support from the government and
other bodies turned to the European Court of Human Rights.

After this RA government sent written statements to the European Court
of Human Rights saying they are ready to provide those who turned to
court with flats in the apartment buildings constructed in the place
of their old houses with a property right to those flats. But the
claimant states the term defined by the court has expired and no flats
have still been provided to them.
We should also state that those waiting for compensation haven’t been
able to participate in elections since 2007, as they are no more
registered.

Service investigation underway

04:31 pm | Today | Social

Chief of the Gegharkunik police department of the RA Police Vardan
Nadaryan has started an investigation based on information released in
the presses. According to the presses, a dispute took place at the gas
station belonging to Mayor of Tchambarak Yura Avalyan on March 30
during which three police officers were beaten. After the dispute, the
police didn’t keep their honor and resigned as a sign of protest.

President Sargsyan visits Shirak marz
07.04.2012 15:42

Anna Martikyan
`Rdaiolur’
Gyumri

President Serzh Sargsyan is paying a working visit to Shirak marz.
First the President visited the village of Akhuryan, where the
Glendale Hills is constructing three multi-story buildings. The
company promises that 104 flats will be ready in the first half of
2013.

Serzh Sargsyan later visited the `Mush’ district of Gyumri, where 1
800 flats are being constructed. The President familiarized with the
construction works of the new school for 180 children and visited the
new medical center, which will open in a few days.

$9 mln will be invested in the new medical center, all services will
correspond to European standards, and residents of the region will not
have to spend extra time and money to reach Yerevan.

Press TV, Iran
April 8 2012

Armenia says it might talk radar with Russia

Sun Apr 8, 2012 8:34PM GMT

Armenia says it is ready to discuss with Russia the construction of a
radar system on its territory if Moscow and Baku fail to agree on the
extension of the lease on a Russian-operated defensive radar system in
Azerbaijan.

`If Russia fails to agree with Azerbaijan on the lease of Gabala,
Armenia is ready to provide a site on its territory for construction
of the radar,’ Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan was quoted by
Russian daily Kommersant as saying on April 4.

The Gabala radar station, which was built by the Soviet Union in 1985,
is operated by Russia and based in the northern Azerbaijan region of
Gabala. It covers a range of up to 6,000 kilometers (3,728 miles).

Sargsyan added that the deployment of such a radar system on the
Armenian territory would be more effective, because it `is an upland
country and the [station’s] coverage may be broader.’

Russia has been in talks with Azerbaijan to extend the contract on the
radar station, which was renewed in 2002 and is due to expire in
December.

According to media reports, Azerbaijan has demanded Russia to pay USD
300 million instead of the formerly agreed seven million for the new
lease.

Russia is seeking to extend the contract until 2025.
PG/JR/MAB/HN

ARMENIE
30% de la population arménienne vit dans le dénuement

Les personnes vivant en dessous du seuil de pauvreté constituent 30%
de la population arménienne a affirmé Bagrat Asatryan, ancien
président de la Banque centrale d’Arménie lors d’une conférence de
presse.

Il a dit que l’écart entre les riches et les pauvres est plus large
que dans n’importe quel autre pays post-soviétique et que les tensions
sociales sont plus aiguës. Les choses s’aggravèrent dans les trois
dernières années, après la crise de 2008. Bagrat Asatryan a également
distingué la part des personnes économiquement actives dans la
population du pays parmi les plus grands problèmes de l’Arménie.

`Quelque 1,2 millions de personnes sont économiquement actifs » a-t-il
dit. « Parmi eux, quelque 500.000 sont des personnes travaillant dans
les zones rurales` a ajouté Bagrat Asatryan en se référant aux données
statistiques qui considèrent que si l’on a un poirier dans son jardin,
on est considéré comme une personne employée. Il a dit que ces 500 000
personnes employées dans les fermes de l’Arménie produisent autant que
20000 ou 25000 personnes produisent dans les pays développés, comme
Israël.

Cela veut dire qu’au moins 400.000 personnes en Arménie sont sans
emploi. Selon les dernières données officielles les pauvres
constituaient 34,1% de la population arménienne en 2009 contre 27,6 %
en 2008 Cela signifie que 214000 personnes sont devenus pauvres sur un
an soit une hausse de 23,6%. Environ 1,1 millions de personnes en
Arménie vivaient dans la pauvreté en 2009 .

dimanche 8 avril 2012,
Stéphane ©armenews.com

EREVAN, CAPITALE MONDIALE DU LIVRE
L’exposition ArmBookExpo dédiée à « Erévan, capitale mondiale du
livre-2012 » de l’Unesco du 21 au 23 avril
et au 500e anniversaire de l’imprimerie arménienne

Lors de l’exposition internationale ArmBookExpo qui se déroulera du 21
au 23 avril à Erévan, des livres publiés dans une quarantaine de pays,
concernant l’Arménie et les Arméniens seront présentés. L’exposition
qui se tiendra au Centre Kafesdjian est dans le cadre du 500e
anniversaire de l’imprimerie arménienne et « Erévan, capitale mondiale
du livre-2012 » de l’Unesco. Hasmig Boghossian, ministre de la Culture
déclare « le nombre de livres sur les Arméniens, publiés à l’étranger
est si important que nous n’arrivons pas à les exposer dans leur
totalité ». Après l’exposition, l’ensemble des livres acquis pour
l’occasion seront mis à la disposition de la Bibliothèque nationale
d’Arménie où un espace sera aménagé pour ces ouvrages étrangers liés à
l’Arménie et aux Arméniens.

Krikor Amirzayan

dimanche 8 avril 2012,
Krikor Amirzayan ©armenews.com